Take a look at some other books that I have read below.

Basically Lomborg is stating that if we were to prioritize projects on efficiency- that would be the list. He also says, “We can do a lot more by investing in prevention,” rather than treatment. He asks the audience; in 2100 even the poor people would be as rich as us now, and we even richer than them- then why would we worry so much about helping the future a little from climate change when we could have saved our people greatly now from diseases and such. He hopes that the world gets better at prioritizing for a better world.

What Lomborg is saying is most likely true. He had very smart people figure it out for him. It is believable that the list would turn out to be like that based on efficiency. But at the same time, that is a limitation. We do not know the other factors that may be affecting it. If the list were based on something else other than efficiency, it may look very different. It may get us biased, thinking that we should only use our money on preventing and curing diseases, when climate change is also a pressing issue. I think that even though it is more efficient to prioritize on disease rather than climate change, it is important that we also think about the other problems in life.

For the forest floor, I don’t think that I painted it well because it is not very detailed, and we are able to see clear brush strokes. I don’t think I painted the leaves well in this project because they blend the tree trunks in as well. The colors don’t match well and they seem to be placed randomly on the paper. If we look at the painting we cant immediately tell where the leaves are placed, and how the sunlight is hitting them. We don’t see much depth. I don’t think I have that many strengths in this painting. I think that I was able to place the trees in the right places.

In the painting unit, I learned more about how to mix paint and how to make a specific color such as light purple, only using the primary colors and white and black. In my practice paintings, I was able to practice painting trees. I learnt the basics of painting forests such as adding small shades of green to make it more realistic.

To improve my painting skills, I would research more things on the Internet such as painting tips, techniques and other paintings, so that I could get influenced. I would plan more before I started a new painting, and I would use my time wisely without wasting any time. Maybe doing one part of the painting every lesson would be a good idea.

I think my strength in my work was the coloring of the stone steps. I was able to show the gradient and texture of the stone by adding different shades of colors to give a sense of depth. Also, as the path goes out further, the shading of the stone becomes lighter and lighter.

I found it difficult to draw the water in the stream. It was hard to create a ‘reflective’ looking surface with pastels. I also wound it hard to get the right color for the stream. It is quite obvious on the stream, that there is a difference in color between the top-half and bottom-half.

The banks of the stream also turned out to look weird. I did not press the gray pastel hard enough to make it look dark. I didn’t add enough shades of colors to make it realistic. It looks flat and boring. I should have also added more details such as the texture, moss, cracks and other things. The bridge also looks bad. It is two-dimensional.

Another weakness is the leaves on the trees. I could not find the right technique to draw a lot of leaves on the trees to fill up the background. It looks messy and unrealistic. There is only a portion of it where you can see the light blue sky behind it.

After the path, there are some buildings that we are able to see. I rushed them so they turned out bad. They look boring and dull. They are not colored well either. There is no detail added to the buildings.

To progress in my pastel skills, I would take more time to research on the topic before I start drawing. Then I should draw a proper, accurate outline where I can draw over. This is so that I won’t find mistakes in my rough outline in the middle of my work, meaning that I will have to make major changes to my work. I would use my time usefully so that I could finish my work leisurely without rushing.

Screenshot of Website

In InS class we were assigned a project to make a website on the Corporate Social Responsibility applied to a given company. Our group chose to study McDonald’s. Our final website is here.

This website that we created is effective in showing the CSR McDonald’s is doing. It is easy to find your way around the website because there are sub-headings where you can click to go to another page. There are few pages so you can easily read everything. On the front page, the definition of corporate social responsibility is shown, so you can easily understand what the websites about.

Our website is not biased. They are unbiased because we took our sources from both sides of the argument. We have pages on the ways how McDonald’s is good and we also show the bad things that they do. In our opinion, we are a little biased, but we give the reader a choice whether choose a side.

Working with a group was good because we were able to split all the work among our group members. We didn’t have to stress about it ourselves. The good part of group work is that we didn’t have that much work, and we could discuss with our friends whether we thought the same thing. The bad part is that we couldn’t meet face to face. We had to connect by calling each other.

I think that CSR is an effective strategy for corporations because they help the reputation of the corporation and they also help people, animals and the world. They help make people more aware of the things happening and influence us to do better things. Even though the companies may not be doing CSR for that reason, it is still benefiting the world we live in. We should also strive for a better world by saving people, animals and the world.

YIS kind of engages in CSR. They are eco-friendly by not using paper for work. They are treating the students well. There isn’t any evident bullying in the school. There are also charities that help homeless people and poor people. They also do community and service by helping the society. The cafeteria food is organic and some of it is home grown. By buying and contributing to these good things, we are helping YIS have a better reputation and atmosphere.

I am most proud of my chemistry, geography and math grades because I got high grades for them.
2. Given the comments of your teachers, what do you most need to work on?

I think that most of the teachers basically told me to participate more in class by asking more questions, answering more questions and to improve on my presenting skills in public.

3. How will you work on #2 above?

I could work on the above by talking more and taking more time on trying to present for a project.
4. How do you feel about your Approaches to Learning (ATL) feedback?

I feel that my approaches to learning feedback is overall average. In some subjects I have very good feedback, and in other subjects the feedback is not so good.
5. Review the learning goals you established in Semester One. In what ways have you met them? What remains to be done?

My learning goals were to do better in japanese, to know more in chemistry and to never forget my laptop. For japanese, I think that I am doing as usual. I think I should participate more in class and I should be more organized. For chemistry, I am doing well. I am learning new things all the time. I have approached this by reading the textbook for question given from the teacher. I think to continue learning new things, I have to continue listening in class and researching stuff. I have never forgotten my laptop. I have always brought it to school.

Another way to produce things is to make things homemade and sell them, but it will be more expensive. Farms do a good job in producing their own food to sell. Most big companies use mass production assembly lines but I don’t think that it is the only way to make things in today’s economy.

These are some books that I have read.

• Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
• Goliath by
• The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury

I think that our resources should be equally distributed across the world so there aren’t that many slaves.

I used tones to show the shadows and reflections on the pencils. I think that I was able to achieve around eight tones. I used a tortillon to smooth out and smudge the shading to make it more real. I tried to re-darken the smudged lines so that it would be clearer. Smudging makes the shade a little lighter so that is another reason to re-darken.

I think it was a little hard trying to get the proportion right. The photo was on an A4 so it was hard to guess the size on the sketchbook. I overcame this by stretching the picture a little. In this project, I improved on my shading skills. I learnt how to smudge and blend. I learnt how to draw more realistically than before.

If I had to repeat this project, I would have taken more time on the empty place on the left hand side. That place was a little untidy. The place on the top left was a little off, so I would have taken more time to correct the angles and lengths of the pencils.